Practice Erotic chords by Isabel Pless

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

Intro:

Am7  C  F  G

Verse:
C                 G
I took him like a tonic
     Am                          G             C
Like biting the bullet, like practice erotic
               G
I wasn't being honest
         Am                             G
Tried to superglue the feelings to the first guy who wanted
Am7  G    F   G
Me, me, me
Am7  G    F   G
Me, me, me

Verse 2:
Am7          G
It was just college
       Am                        G                 Am7
It was just feeling empty and it was just Boston
                    G
I kissed him in the Commons
           D/E                        G
Skipped my dinner that night, went to bed nauseous
     Am7   G    F    G
Is it me, me, me?
Am7  G    F       G
Me, me, me, me

Chorus 1:
C              G                       F
Nothing's real if you won't let it be
                    G                Am
You can't treat love like a currency
                G
If you don't know who you are
               Am            Em        F     C
Then you won't know what'll make you happy
                 G                          F
It's trial and error till it finally clicks
           G                        Am
It'll take years but you'll find it
             G
Until you know who you are
        Am          Em        F
It'll feel like a party trick
 C                           G
It'll take years but you'll find it

(Am  G  G)x2 F

Verse 3:
Am                     G
Don't think about him often (don't think about him)
    C                       G                  Am
But when I do, he's just a nail in the coffin
     F             G
It's not like I'm haunted
      Em                         G
But I think it cost me more than what it cost him
Am7  G    Fm  G
Me, me, me
Am   G    F
Me, me, me

Bridge:
Gm*         Em
It sucks to feel behind
            Am7                        G
It sucks to feel like you're running out of time
F              D#m
It sucks to be 19
            Am                   G
It sucks to find out you've been forcing feelings
     Am   G    F   G
It's me, me, me
Am7  G    F        C
Me, me, me, me

Chorus 2:
              G                   F
Nothing's real until it really is
                          G                 Am
and, surprise, you'll find you're romantic
            G
When you know yourself
                Am    Em       F       C
That's when the genuine shit happens
                 G                          F
It's trial and error till it finally clicks
           G                        Am
It'll take years but you'll find it
            G
Until you know who you are
      Am           Em       F
It'll feel like a party trick

Outro:
C                            F
It'll take years but you'll find it
D/E                         F
It'll take years but you'll find it
C                            G     F
It'll take years but you'll find it